USS ANZIO is the 22nd cruiser in the TICONDEROGA class and the second ship in the US Navy to bear the name.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: April 16, 1987 |
| Keel laid: August 21, 1989 | |
| Launched: November 2, 1990 | |
| Commissioned: May 2, 1992 | |
| Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss. | |
| Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines | |
| Propellers: two | |
| Blades on each Propeller: five | |
| Length: 567 feet (173 meters) | |
| Beam: 55 feet (16.8 meters) | |
| Draft: 34 feet (10.2 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 9,600 tons full load | |
| Speed: 30+ knots | |
| Cost: about $1 billion | |
| Aircraft: two SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS III) | |
| Armament: two Mk 41 VLS for Standard missiles, Tomahawk, ASROC; Mk 46 torpedoes, Harpoon missile launchers, two Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, two Phalanx CIWS, two Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm machine gun systems | |
| Homeport: Norfolk, Va. | |
| Crew: 33 Officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers and approx. 340 Enlisted |
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